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Here are some of the more interesting deals, websites and other travel tidbits that came across our desk recently: >>Aurora Expeditions is offering a 15 percent discount on two of its Antarctica cruises. With the discount, the Nov. 3 departure of the 20-day Photographers: South Georgia & Antarctic Peninsula expedition is priced from $11,600 per person double occupancy. The 12-day Spirit of Antarctica trip departing Dec. 6 is priced from $7,395. tinyurl.com/ouwz7l6 >>Uncommon Journeys' Canadian Panorama tour combines a five-day rail journey across Canada with extended time in the Canadian Rockies, including a four-night hotel stay in Banff, Alberta. The 13-day package...

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Here are some of the more interesting deals, websites and other travel tidbits that came across our desk recently:
>>Aurora Expeditions is offering a 15 percent discount on two of its Antarctica cruises. With the discount, the Nov. 3 departure of...

LENOX, Mass. — If you've ever wondered if a spa visit is really worth it — or can change your life —- the following story should erase all doubt. I recently spent four days at Canyon Ranch, the world-famous Arizona-based health spa that has a location...

The Northeast's spectacular foliage season is just ahead — which means crowds of leaf-peepers will be taking to the roads to follow the changing colors.
But plenty of travelers will instead skip the backed-up scenic highways and crowded country inns to...

Why, you may be wondering, is a Nissan 370Z Roadster – another term for convertible – being reviewed this late in the year?
As any car dealer will tell you, the hot season for convertible sales is in the spring and early summer. Buyers at this time of...

Coginchaug Regional High School Music Department is holding a Candlelight Home Tour on Sunday, December 14. This heart-warming tour will take visitors through seven beautifully decorated Durham/Middlefield homes. Ticketholders will enjoy delicious...

AVON — Boy Scout Troop 274 will hold a bottle and can drive on Dec. 13 to raise money for trips scouts will take next year to Maine and New Mexico, according to an announcement from the troop.The drive will be from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the J.Foster Ice...

NEW HAVEN — Ridership this year on Shore Line East appears on course to meet or exceed 2013's levels, and the state intends to continue recent service expansions through 2015.
With extra trains for the midsummer Sailfest in New London, Shore Line East...

This year, Father Michael Smith, the pastor of Church of the Holy Family in Hebron and St. Columba Church in Columbia, was offered to the chance to take part in a trip of a lifetime, a pilgrimage through the Holy Land.
The group consisted of 35 people,...

A spur-of-the-moment trip to Target last week for one East Granby mom resulted in an unexpected reward — tickets to “The Ellen DeGeneres Show’’.
On Wednesday, Amanda Paskiewicz Cormier took her two daughters to the Windsor Target and spotted folks...

Ruth Alumbaugh may or may not be a neat freak, but she has some basic room-inspection standards when checking into a hotel.
"I'm not asking for mints on the pillow," she says. "I just want a clean floor, bedding and towels, mind you."...

Nine people are being quarantined in the state so they may be monitored for possible exposure to Ebola, state health officials said Wednesday.
The Department of Public Health has issued four quarantine orders, involving the nine unidentified individuals,...

WEST HAVEN – Nine people are being quarantined in the state so they can be monitored for possible exposure to Ebola, state health officials said.
The Department of Public Health has issued four quarantine orders, involving the nine unidentified...

GRISWOLD- Griswold Senior Center is sponsoring a three day, two night trip to Atlantic City from Nov. 16 to Nov. 18. This oceanfront fall trip includes luxury coach transportation to Atlantic City, two nights at the Luxury Resorts Hotel Casino on the...

Don't miss an opportunity to visit several unique and distinctive Hartford and West Hartford homes during The Friends of The Mark Twain House & Museum's 34th Holiday House Tour on Sunday, December 7, 2014, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.The tour will feature...

SIMSBURY — Scoutmaster Brad Mead's Boy Scout troop has taken some interesting excursions.Troop 175 has hiked Mount Kilimanjaro twice, sailed through the Belize barrier reef, and discovered a species of monkey that had never been cataloged during an...

HARTFORD — It's lunchtime at the Hartford office of Slalom Consulting and several consultants sit around a table in a public area, talking about travel.
Nothing odd there — business consultants at national firms such as Accenture and McKinsey live much...

Not long after announcing the upcoming release of his Christmas album, "Home for the Holidays," crooner Anthony Hamilton dropped word of a holiday-themed tour that brings him to the Toyota Oakdale Theatre in Wallingford on Sunday, Dec. 21 at 7...

After 40 years, the Glastonbury Apple Harvest Festival needs little introduction. There will be loads of food, pony rides, a petting zoo, amusement park rides and other expected festival fare.
What's notable this year is the addition of a major music...

Here comes the great fall foliage color, and you don't have to go far to see it.
Many people can find decent foliage color in their own neighborhood, of course, but there is something special about a daylong get-away to explore some new pocket of...

Fri, Oct 24th, 6:00 pm and Sat, Oct 25th, 6:00 pm. Another tour at 8:00 PM, both days Evenings at Hale: Things that Go Bump in the Night at the Nathan Hale Homestead in Coventry. The evening features a special candlelight tour, room-by-room, all the way...